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US8927541B2 US13/511,292 US201013511292A US8927541B2 US 8927541 B2 US8927541 B2 US 8927541B2 US 201013511292 A US201013511292 A US 201013511292A US 8927541 B2 US8927541 B2 US 8927541B2
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  • the present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of a novel tricyclic chemical structure, processes for their manufacture and their use as a medicament for the treatment of bacterial infections.
  • Z1 and Z2 represent nitrogen or (un)substituted CH;
  • WO2009/128019 discloses other examples of antibiotic compounds having a tricyclic chemical structure, compound of formula:
  • U and W represent nitrogen or (un)substituted CH
  • the present invention provides such novel compounds, useful for the treatment of microbial infections, in particular novel tricyclic compounds with following general formula (I).
  • These compounds are useful antimicrobial agents effective against a variety of human and veterinary pathogens including among others Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and mycobacteria.
  • the compounds of the invention or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof also include enantiomers and diastereoisomers of said compounds or salts.
  • the term “compound(s) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof” is meant to include also hydrates and solvates of the compounds of formula (I) and their salts.
  • the compounds of the invention show potent antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria, in particular against at least one of the following Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria like staphylococci, streptococci, enterococci, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae and Acinetobacter baumannii.
  • the compounds exemplified in this application exhibit a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) (mg/L) of less or equal to 8 mg/L against at least one of the following microorganisms: Acinetobacter baumannii; Enterobacter cloacae; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Proteus mirabilis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Staphylococcus aureus; Enterococcus faecalis; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pyogenes; Enterobacter aerogenes; Enterobacter cloacae and Enterococcus faecium.
  • MIC minimum inhibitory concentration
  • C 1 -C 6 alkyl or “C 1 -C 4 alkyl” respectively, preferably refers to saturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or 1 to 4 carbon atoms respectively like, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl or 2,2-dimethylbutyl.
  • C 1 -C 4 alkyl is generally preferred.
  • C 1 -C 4 alkyl is generally preferred.
  • alkyl groups may also be substituted, e.g.
  • C 1 -C 4 alkylene refers to divalent saturated straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms like, for example, methylene, ethylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,4-butylene and the like.
  • C 2 -C 4 alkenylene refers to divalent saturated straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms like, for example, ethendiyl, propendiyl, like e.g. prop-1-endiyl or prop-2-endiyl or butendiyl residues like 1,4-but-1-enylene or 1,4-buta-1,3-dienylene.
  • C 3 -C 8 cycloalkylene preferably refers to a bivalent saturated or partially unsaturated (for example cyclic groups having one, two or more double bonds, such as a cycloalkenylene group), cyclic group containing from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, especially 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, preferably 5 or 6 ring carbon atoms.
  • cycloalkylene is meant to include aromatic groups.
  • C 3 -C 8 cycloalkylene refers furthermore to groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms, carboxy, alkyl, alkoxy or mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino or by OH, ⁇ O, SH, ⁇ S, NH 2 , ⁇ NH, cyano or NO 2 groups, thus, for example, to bivalent residues of cyclic ketones such as, for example, cyclohexanone, 2-cyclohexenone or cyclopentanone.
  • Further specific examples of cycloalkylene groups are cyclobutylene, cyclopentylene, cyclohexylene, cyclopentenylene, cyclohexadienylene.
  • heterocyclodiyl as used herein preferably refers to a saturated or unsaturated bivalent 4 to 8-membered cyclic group as defined above in connection with the definition of cycloalkylene (including divalent heteroaromatic groups like e.g. pyrazol-diyl), in which one or more (preferably 1, 2 or 3) ring carbon atoms have been replaced each independently of the other by an oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atom, preferably by a nitrogen atom.
  • cycloalkylene including divalent heteroaromatic groups like e.g. pyrazol-diyl
  • heterocyclodiyl preferably refers furthermore to groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms or by, carboxy, alkyl, alkoxy or mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino or by OH, ⁇ O, SH, ⁇ S, NH 2 , ⁇ NH, cyano or NO 2 groups.
  • Examples are piperidin-diyl, piperazin-diyl, morpholin-diyl, pyrrolidin-diyl, tetrahydro-thiophenyl-diyl, tetrahydropyran-diyl, tetrahydrofuran-diyl or 2-pyrazolin-diyl.
  • Preferred are saturated 4 to 6-membered heterocyclodiyl groups in which one or two ring carbon atoms have been replaced by an oxygen or preferably nitrogen atom.
  • aryl as used herein preferably refers to an aromatic group that contains one or more rings and from 6 to 14 ring carbon atoms, preferably from 6 to 10 (especially 6) ring carbon atoms.
  • the expression aryl refers furthermore to such groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by alkyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms or by carboxy, alkoxy, mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino, OH, NH 2 , cyano or NO 2 groups.
  • Examples are phenyl, 4-methyl-phenyl, 4-tert-butyl-phenyl; 3-fluoro-4-methyl-phenyl, 3-fluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl; naphthyl, biphenyl, 2-fluorophenyl, anilinyl, 3-nitro-phenyl or 4-hydroxyphenyl.
  • heteroaryl as used herein preferably refers to an aromatic group that contains one or more rings and from 5 to 14 ring atoms, preferably from 5 to 10 (especially 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10) ring atoms, and contains one or more (preferably 1, 2, 3 or 4) oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur ring atoms.
  • heteroaryl refers furthermore to groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms or by carboxy, alkyl, alkoxy, mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino, OH, SH, NH 2 , cyano, NO 2 or unsubstituted heteroaryl groups.
  • Examples are pyridyl, imidazolyl, thiophenyl, thieno[3,2-b]thiophenyl, benzo[b]thiophenyl, furanyl, benzofuranyl, imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrrolyl, indolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, indazolyl, indolyl, pyridazinyl, quinolinyl, purinyl, carbazolyl, acridinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazolyl and isoquinolinyl groups.
  • cycloalkane preferably refers to a saturated or partially unsaturated cyclic group which contains one or more, e.g. one or two rings and from 3 to 14 ring carbon atoms, preferably from 3 to 10, most preferably 5 or 6 ring carbon atoms.
  • cycloalkane refers furthermore to such groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms or by carboxy, alkyl, alkoxy, mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino or by OH, ⁇ O, SH, ⁇ S, NH 2 , ⁇ NH, cyano or NO 2 groups, thus, for example, cyclic ketones such as, for example, cyclohexanone or cyclopentanone.
  • Further specific examples of cycloalkane groups are cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclopentene, cyclohexadiene.
  • heterocycloalkane as used herein preferably refers to cycloalkane groups as defined above in which one or more, preferably 1, 2 or 3 ring carbon atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by an oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atom.
  • a heterocycloalkane group has preferably 1 or 2 ring(s) containing from 3 to 10, most preferably 5 or 6 ring atoms.
  • heterocycloalkane refers furthermore to groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced each independently of the others by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms or by carboxy, alkyl alkoxy, mono- or di(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)amino or by OH, ⁇ O, SH, ⁇ S, NH 2 , ⁇ NH, cyano or NO 2 groups.
  • Examples are a piperidine, piperazine, morpholine, pyrrolidine, thiomorpholine, tetrahydrothiophene, [1,4]dioxane, tetrahydropyrane, tetrahydrofurane or pyrazoline and also lactams, lactones, cyclic imides and cyclic anhydrides, like e.g., morpholin-3-one or thiomorpholin-3-one.
  • halogen refers to fluorine, chlorine bromine and iodine.
  • Certain compounds of formula (I) may contain one, two or more centres of chirality.
  • the present invention therefore includes both all pure enantiomers and all pure diastereoisomers and also mixtures thereof in any mixing ratio.
  • the present invention moreover also includes all cis/trans-isomers of the compounds of the general formula (I) and mixtures thereof.
  • the present invention moreover includes all tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula (I).
  • R1 is selected from halogen and C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, preferably C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, in particular from fluoro and methoxy.
  • R1 is selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, mercapto, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfonyloxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, C 1 -C 6 heteroalkylcarbonyloxy, C 5 -C 6 heterocyclylcarbonyloxy.
  • the group R2 of the compounds according to the present invention is preferably selected from hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy.
  • A3 represents a group selected from unsubstituted C 5 -C 6 cycloalkylene and unsubstituted saturated 4 to 6-membered heterocyclodiyl comprising one or two nitrogen atoms as the heteroatoms, in particular the compounds of formula (I) wherein
  • A3 is selected from:
  • A3 includes e.g.:
  • the group G in formula (I) represents preferably a C 6 -C 10 aryl group which is unsubstituted or further substituted by one or more halogen atoms, in particular chloro or fluoro, and/or straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl groups which may optionally be further substituted by fluoro, like e.g.
  • phenyl group or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group comprising heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen, which phenyl group or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms, in particular chloro or fluoro, and/or straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl groups which may optionally be further substituted by fluoro, like e.g.
  • group G is the following groups:
  • G is selected from the groups of formula:
  • Particularly preferred in view of antibacterial activity are the compounds of formula (I) wherein A1 represents —O— or —S— and A2 represents —O— or —CH 2 —.
  • R5 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
  • a specific embodiment of the present invention is the group of compounds of formula I having 2 or more, preferably all, of the following specific features in combination:
  • R1 is C 1 -C 3 alkyl.
  • A3 represents a group selected from unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated 4 to 6-membered heterocyclodiyl comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur.
  • A3 is unsubstituted or substituted with groups selected from C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, cyano, aminocarbonyl, (C 1 -C 4 alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxycarbonyl, carboxylic acid.
  • Examples of pharmacologically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula (I) are salts of physiologically acceptable mineral acids, such as hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid, or salts of organic acids, such as methane-sulphonic acid, p-toluenesulphonic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid and salicylic acid.
  • physiologically acceptable mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid
  • organic acids such as methane-sulphonic acid, p-toluenesulphonic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid and salicylic acid.
  • pharmacologically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula (I) are alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts such as, for example, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium or magnesium salts, ammonium salts or salts of organic bases such as, for example, methylamine, dimethylamine, triethylamine, piperidine, ethylenediamine, lysine, choline hydroxide, meglumine, morpholine or arginine salts.
  • alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts such as, for example, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium or magnesium salts
  • ammonium salts or salts of organic bases such as, for example, methylamine, dimethylamine, triethylamine, piperidine, ethylenediamine, lysine, choline hydroxide, meglumine, morpholine or arginine salts.
  • the compounds of formula (I) may also be solvated, especially hydrated. Solvation and hydration may take place, for example, during the preparation process.
  • the compounds according to the invention are therefore considered to include hydrates and solvates.
  • compositions according to the present invention can be prepared e.g. by one of the processes (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) described below; followed, if necessary, by: removing any protecting groups; forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt; or forming a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate or hydrate.
  • L0 may require appropriate activation to allow a reaction of compounds of formulae II and III as described in more detail below.
  • A3 is an unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated 4 to 8-membered heterocyclodiyl group with 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, at least one of which heteroatoms is a nitrogen atom which group A3 is linked to the moiety
  • H [—N] in formula V represents a hydrogen atom bound to said nitrogen ring atom of A3, and L1 is nitro or N(R5)E.
  • L0 may, in certain cases, require appropriate activation to allow connection of the deprotected intermediate and the compound of formula III.
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I as defined above, wherein A1 is —O— and A2 is —CH 2 —.
  • the compound of formula IX is further reduced and cyclized to generate a compound of formula XI
  • X1, X2, R1, A3, L1 and n are as defined above.
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I as defined above, wherein A2 is —O— or —N—R4.
  • A1, A2, A3, X1, X2, L1, R1 and n are as defined above, and when L1 is nitro, said nitro group is reduced to an amino group and the amino derivative obtained is reacted with a compound of formula III G-A4b-L0 (III), wherein
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I, wherein A2 is —CH 2 — or —N—R4.
  • the compound of formula XIX is further transformed and cyclized to generate a compound of formula XX
  • A1, A2, A3, X1, X2, L1, R1 and n are as defined above.
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I as defined above, wherein A1 is —O— and A2 is —CH 2 —.
  • X1, X2, R1, A3, L1 and n are as defined above.
  • X1, X2, R1, A3, L1 and n are as defined above.
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I, wherein A1 is —N—R3 and A2 is —O—.
  • This process variant can be used for the manufacture of compounds of formula I as defined above, wherein A1 is —N—R3 and A2 is —CH 2 —.
  • the protecting groups may be removed at any convenient stage in the synthesis using conventional techniques well known in the art, or they may be removed during a later reaction step or work-up.
  • PG1 is an amino protecting group (such as allyloxycarbonyl (Alloc), benzyloxycarbonyl, 9-fluorenylmethylcarbonyl (Fmoc), tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) or benzyl) and the other symbols have the same meanings as previously described.
  • Compounds of formula V-1 are usually obtained by reacting the corresponding free amine with allyl, fluorenylmethyl or benzyl chloroformate or with di-tert-butyl dicarbonate in presence of a base such as sodium hydroxide, sodium hydrogencarbonate, triethylamine, 4-dimethylaminopyridine or imidazole. They can also be protected as N-benzyl derivatives by reaction with benzyl bromide or chloride in presence of a base such as sodium carbonate or triethylamine. Alternatively, N-benzyl derivatives can be obtained through reductive amination in presence of benzaldehyde. Further strategies to introduce other amino protecting groups have been described in Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, 3 rd Edition, by T. W. Greene and P. G. M. Wuts, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • the reductive amination reaction between ketones of formula IV and amines of formula V-1 to generate compounds of formula VI-1 is conducted in a solvent system allowing the removal of the formed water through physical or chemical means (e.g. distillation of the solvent-water azeotrope or presence of drying agents such as molecular sieves, magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate).
  • solvent is typically toluene, n-hexane, tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, acetonitrile, 1,2-dichloroethane or mixture of solvents such as methanol-1,2-dichloroethane.
  • the reaction can be catalyzed by traces of acid (usually acetic acid).
  • the intermediate imine is reduced subsequently or simultaneously with a suitable reducing agent (e.g. sodium borohydride, sodium cyanoborohydride, sodiumtriacetoxyborohydride; R. O. and M. K. Hutchins, Comprehensive Organic Synthesis , B. M. Trost, I. Fleming, Eds; Pergamon Press: New York (1991), vol. 8, p. 25-78) or through hydrogenation over a noble metal catalyst such as palladium on activated carbon.
  • the reaction is usually carried out between ⁇ 10° C. and 110° C., preferably between 0° C. and 60° C.
  • the reaction can also be carried out in one pot. It can also be performed in protic solvents such as methanol or water in presence of a picoline-borane complex (Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 7899).
  • Removal of the protecting group PG1 in compounds of formula VI-1 is carried out under standard conditions to generate compounds of formula II-1.
  • the benzyl carbamates are deprotected by hydrogenolysis over a noble metal catalyst (e.g. palladium or palladium hydroxide on activated carbon).
  • the Boc group is removed under acidic conditions such as hydrochloric acid in an organic solvent such as methanol, dioxane or ethyl acetate, or trifluoroacetic acid neat or diluted in a solvent such as dichloromethane.
  • the Alloc group is removed in presence of a palladium salt such as palladium acetate or tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) and an allyl cation scavenger such as morpholine, pyrrolidine, dimedone or tributylstannane between 0° C. and 70° C. in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran.
  • a palladium salt such as palladium acetate or tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0)
  • an allyl cation scavenger such as morpholine, pyrrolidine, dimedone or tributylstannane between 0° C. and 70° C.
  • a noble metal catalyst e.g. palladium hydroxide on activated carbon
  • the Fmoc protecting group is removed under mild basic conditions such as diluted morpholine or piperidine in N,N-dimethylformamide
  • compounds of formula I-1 wherein A4 is —CH 2 — can be obtained from intermediate amine II-1 by reaction with a compound of formula III wherein L0 is —CH 2 Y and Y is a leaving group like mesylate, tosylate, triflate or halogen at a temperature between ⁇ 20° C. and 100° C. in a dry aprotic solvent like dichloromethane, acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide or tetrahydrofuran without or with an inorganic base such as potassium carbonate or cesium carbonate, or an organic base such as triethylamine or N,N-diisopropylethylamine.
  • Formation of the mesylate, tosylate or triflate compound can be achieved by reacting the corresponding alcohol with methanesulfonyl chloride or methanesulfonic anhydride, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride, trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride or trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride, respectively, in presence of a base such as triethylamine or the like in a dry aprotic solvent such as pyridine, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran or dichloromethane between ⁇ 30° C. and 80° C.
  • a base such as triethylamine or the like
  • a dry aprotic solvent such as pyridine, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran or dichloromethane between ⁇ 30° C. and 80° C.
  • an activating agent such as N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide or N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride
  • Suitable coupling agents may be utilized such as O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate, 2-ethoxy-1-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline, carbonyldiimidazole or diethylphosphorylcyanide.
  • a base like triethylamine, N,N-diisopropylethylamine or pyridine can be added to perform the coupling.
  • the peptidic coupling is conducted at a temperature between ⁇ 20° C.
  • the carboxylic acid can be activated by conversion into its corresponding acid chloride (by reaction with oxalyl chloride or thionyl chloride) or its corresponding activated ester, such as the N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester (Org. Process Res. & Dev., 2002, 863) or the benzothiazolyl thioester (J. Antibiotics, 2000, 1071).
  • the generated activated entity can react at a temperature between ⁇ 20° C. and 100° C.
  • compound of formula II-1 in an aprotic solvent like dichloromethane, chloroform, acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide and tetrahydrofuran to generate compound of formula I-1.
  • a base like triethylamine, N,N-diisopropylethylamine, pyridine, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate can be added to perform the coupling.
  • nitro compounds of formula VI-2 to generate amino compounds of formula II-2 is performed using standard methods.
  • Typical reducing agents which can be used for such reaction are an alkali metal hydride such as lithium aluminium hydride or sodium borohydride in presence of cobalt(II) chloride or nickel(II) chloride, or a metal such as iron or zinc in acidic medium such as hydrochloric acid or acetic acid.
  • the nitro group can be reduced to the amine by hydrogenation over a noble metal catalyst such as palladium on activated carbon, Raney nickel or platinum oxide.
  • the catalytic hydrogenation reaction can be carried out in a solvent such as ethanol, methanol or ethyl acetate at ambient temperature.
  • further reagents such as aluminium amalgam or ferrous sulphate may also be used for the nitro group reduction.
  • Coupling of compounds of general formulae VII and VIII allows the generation of compounds of formula IX.
  • the reaction takes place in presence of a coupling agent such as O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate and a base like triethylamine, N,N-diisopropylethylamine or 1,8-diazabicyclo[5,4,0]undec-7-ene.
  • the coupling is conducted at a temperature between ⁇ 20° C. and 100° C., in an inert solvent, preferably a dry aprotic solvent like dichloromethane, acetonitrile or N,N-dimethylformamide.
  • Esters of formula IX are further reduced to generate compounds of formula X.
  • Reduction is performed with a reducing agent like boron or aluminium hydride reducing agent such as lithium aluminium hydride, lithium borohydride, sodium borohydride in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran between ⁇ 20° C. and 80° C.
  • the ester function is hydrolyzed into its corresponding acid using an alkali hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or lithium hydroxide in water or in a mixture of water with polar protic or aprotic organic solvents such as dioxane, tetrahydrofuran or methanol between ⁇ 10° C. and 80° C.
  • the resulting carboxylic acid is further reduced into the corresponding alcohol using a borane derivative such as borane-tetrahydrofuran complex in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran between ⁇ 10° C. and 80° C.
  • Compounds of formula XI can be obtained from compounds of formula X via a Mitsunobu coupling (as reviewed by O. Mitsunobu, Synthesis, 1981, 1).
  • the reaction is for example performed in the presence of diethyl or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate and triphenylphosphine, in a wide range of solvents such as N,N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane or dichloromethane and within a wide range of temperatures (between ⁇ 20° C. and 60° C.).
  • the reaction might also be performed using polymer-supported triphenylphosphine.
  • the protecting group PG1 or the nitro group of compounds of formula VIII can be removed or reduced, respectively, according to the methods described above and the product of this reaction can then be reacted with one of the compounds of formula III as defined above. Subsequently, these intermediates are converted into compounds of formula I-3 following the methods described above for the synthesis of compounds of formulae IX, X and XI.
  • the reaction between compounds of formula XIII and epoxides of formula XIV to generate compounds of formula XV is conducted in the absence or in the presence of a base such as potassium carbonate, ammonium chloride, triethylamine, N,N-diisopropylethylamine, or alternatively in the absence or in the presence of a Lewis acid such as stannic chloride or boron trifluoride, in a wide range of solvents such as N,N-dimethylformamide, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, ethanol and within a wide range of temperatures (between 0° C. and 120° C.).
  • a base such as potassium carbonate, ammonium chloride, triethylamine, N,N-diisopropylethylamine, or alternatively in the absence or in the presence of a Lewis acid such as stannic chloride or boron trifluoride, in a wide range of solvents such as N,N-dimethyl
  • compounds of formula XVI wherein A2 is —N—R4 can be obtained from compounds of formula XV wherein L3 is —N(R4)PG2 by first transforming the alcohol into a leaving group like mesylate, tosylate or triflate following standard conditions previously described for the preparation of compounds of formula I-1. At that stage, the protecting group PG2 is first removed following standard conditions previously described for the preparation of compounds of formula II-1 and further cyclisation is performed in presence of a base such as potassium carbonate or sodium hydride in a solvent such as dichloromethane or N,N-dimethylformamide at a temperature ranging between ⁇ 20° C. and 80° C.
  • a base such as potassium carbonate or sodium hydride
  • a solvent such as dichloromethane or N,N-dimethylformamide
  • the reaction between compounds of formula XIII and halogenides of formula XVIII to generate compounds of formula XIX is conducted in presence of a base such as potassium carbonate, cesium carbonate, triethylamine or sodium hydride in a dry aprotic solvent such as dichloromethane or N,N-dimethylformamide at a temperature ranging between ⁇ 20° C. and 80° C.
  • a base such as potassium carbonate, cesium carbonate, triethylamine or sodium hydride
  • a dry aprotic solvent such as dichloromethane or N,N-dimethylformamide
  • Compounds of formula XX wherein A2 is —CH 2 — can be obtained from compounds of formula XIX wherein L3 is a halogen atom and L5 is CH 2 .
  • the intramolecular coupling reaction is performed in presence of a palladium catalyst such as palladium(II)acetate and a base such as triethylamine in a solvent such as N,N-dimethylformamide, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran at a temperature ranging between 20° C. and 120° C.
  • a noble metal catalyst e.g. palladium on activated carbon
  • compounds of formula XX wherein A2 is —N—R4 can be obtained from compounds of formula XIX wherein L3 is —NHR4 or —N(R4)PG2 and L5 is O by first reducing the ketone to the corresponding alcohol using a boron or aluminium hydride reducing agent such as sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride or lithium aluminium hydride in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran or diethyl ether between ⁇ 20° C. and 40° C. Activation of the generated hydroxyl group, followed by removal of the protecting group PG2 and cyclisation, respectively (as previously described for the preparation of compounds of formula XVI in Scheme 4) allows the generation of the expected compounds of formula XX.
  • a boron or aluminium hydride reducing agent such as sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride or lithium aluminium hydride in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran or diethyl ether between ⁇ 20°
  • Aldol reaction between the electrophilic compounds of formula VII and compounds of formula XXII allows the generation of compounds of formula XXIII.
  • the reaction takes place in presence of a catalytic amount of a chiral secondary amine such as L-proline at a temperature between ⁇ 20° C. and 40° C. in an aprotic solvent like acetone, N,N-dimethylformamide or dimethyl sulfoxide (see Z. G. Hajos and D. P. Parrish, J. Org. Chem., 1974, 39, 1615; B. List, R. A. Lerner and C. F. Barbas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 2395).
  • Acetylation of compounds of formula XXIII to generate compounds of formula XXIV is performed in presence of acetic anhydride and an organic base such as pyridine or triethylamine with or without solvent between 20° C. and 120° C.
  • the protecting group PG3 is first removed following standard conditions.
  • the benzyl group is removed by hydrogenolysis over a noble metal catalyst (e.g. palladium or palladium hydroxide on activated carbon); the allyl group is removed in presence of a palladium salt such as palladium acetate or tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) and an allyl cation scavenger such as morpholine, pyrrolidine, dimedone or tributylstannane between 0° C. and 70° C.
  • a noble metal catalyst e.g. palladium or palladium hydroxide on activated carbon
  • an allyl cation scavenger such as morpholine, pyrrolidine, dimedone or tributylstannane between 0° C. and 70° C.
  • the tetrahydropyranyl group is removed in presence of aqueous oxalic acid between 50° C. and 90° C. in a solvent such as methanol; the tert-butyl dimethylsilyl group is removed either using fluoride anion sources such as tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran or N,N-dimethylformamide or in hydrofluoric acid in acetonitrile between 0° C. and 40° C. Further general methods to remove phenol protecting groups have been described in Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, 3 rd Edition, by T. W. Greene and P. G. M. Wuts, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • the generated amides of formula XXVIII are reduced with diborane, borane-tetrahydrofuran or borane dimethyl sulfide complexes in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran between ⁇ 10° C. and 60° C.
  • the reaction is further treated with diluted hydrochloric acid between 0° C. and 50° C. to generate compounds of formula XXIX.
  • X is a halogen atom and all the other symbols are as defined above.
  • the unsaturated derivatives of formula XXXVI dissolved in a solvent such as methanol, ethyl acetate of tetrahydrofuran are hydrogenated over a noble metal catalyst such as palladium or palladium hydroxide on activated carbon, platinum oxide or Raney nickel to generate compounds of formula XXXVII.
  • a noble metal catalyst such as palladium or palladium hydroxide on activated carbon, platinum oxide or Raney nickel to generate compounds of formula XXXVII.
  • the reduction can be performed by catalytic transfer hydrogenation using palladium on activated carbon and ammonium formate as hydrogen source.
  • an optically active form of a compound of the invention When an optically active form of a compound of the invention is required, it may be obtained by carrying out one of the above procedures using a pure enantiomer or diastereomer as a starting material, or by resolution of a mixture of the enantiomers or diastereomers of the final product or intermediate using a standard procedure.
  • the resolution of enantiomers may be achieved by chromatography on a chiral stationary phase, such as REGIS PIRKLE COVALENT (R—R) WHELK-02, 10 ⁇ m, 100 ⁇ , 250 ⁇ 21.1 mm column.
  • resolution of stereoisomers may be obtained by preparation and selective crystallization of a diastereomeric salt of a chiral intermediate or chiral product with a chiral acid, such as camphorsulfonic acid.
  • a method of stereoselective synthesis may be employed, for example by using a chiral variant of a protecting group, a chiral catalyst or a chiral reagent where appropriate in the reaction sequence.
  • Enzymatic techniques may also be used for the preparation of optically active compounds and/or intermediates.
  • the compounds of number 1-19; 50; 54-55; 57; 59; 61-65; 67-75; 77-78 shown in Table 1 below are particularly advantageous for the treatment of infections by Staphylococcus aureus and/or Staphylococcus epidermidis and/or Streptococcus pneumoniae and exhibit a MIC for said strains of generally ⁇ 8 mg/L.
  • the compounds of number 1-6; 11; 17; 18; 27; 28; 35; 36; 39; 45; 46; 54; 64 shown in Table 1 below are particularly advantageous for the treatment of infections by Staphylococcus aureus and/or Staphylococcus epidermidis and/or Streptococcus pneumoniae and/or Escherichia coli and exhibit a MIC for said strains of generally ⁇ 8 mg/L.
  • compounds of formula (I) are administered either individually, or optionally also in combination with another desired therapeutic agent, using the known and acceptable methods.
  • Such therapeutically useful agents may be administered, for example, by one of the following routes: orally, for example in the form of dragees, coated tablets, pills, semi-solid substances, soft or hard capsules, solutions, emulsions or suspensions; parenterally, for example in the form of an injectable solution; rectally in the form of suppositories; by inhalation, for example in the form of a powder formulation or a spray; transdermally or intranasally.
  • the therapeutically usable product may be mixed with pharmacologically inert, inorganic or organic pharmaceutical carrier substances, for example with lactose, sucrose, glucose, gelatine, malt, silica gel, starch or derivatives thereof, talcum, stearic acid or salts thereof, skimmed milk powder, and the like.
  • pharmaceutical carrier substances such as, for example, vegetable oils, petroleum, animal or synthetic oils, wax, fat and polyols may be used.
  • liquid solutions and syrups for the preparation of liquid solutions and syrups, pharmaceutical carrier substances such as, for example, water, alcohols, aqueous saline solution, aqueous dextrose solution, polyols, glycerol, vegetable oils, petroleum and animal or synthetic oils may be used.
  • pharmaceutical carrier substances such as, for example, water, alcohols, aqueous saline solution, aqueous dextrose solution, polyols, glycerol, vegetable oils, petroleum and animal or synthetic oils may be used.
  • pharmaceutical carrier substances such as, for example, vegetable oils, petroleum, animal or synthetic oils, wax, fat and polyols may be used.
  • compressed gases that are suitable for this purpose, such as, for example, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide may be used.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable agents may also comprise additives for preserving and stabilising, emulsifiers, sweeteners, flavourings, salts for altering the osmotic pressure, buffers, encapsulation additives and antioxidants.
  • Combinations with other therapeutic agents which are also encompassed by the present invention may comprise one, two or more other antimicrobial and anti-fungal active ingredients.
  • the dose of the biologically active compound according to the invention may vary within wide limits and may be adjusted to individual requirements. Generally, a dose of 10 mg to 4000 mg per day is suitable, a preferred dose being from 50 to 3 000 mg per day. In suitable cases, the dose may also be below or above the stated values.
  • the daily dose may be administered as a single dose or in multiple doses. A typical individual dose contains approximately 50 mg, 100 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg, 1 g or 2 g of the active ingredient.
  • Manganese dioxide (650 mg, 7.5 mmol, 10.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-hydroxymethyl-6-methoxy-quinoline-3-ol (220 mg, 0.75 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetone (30 mL). After 2 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is filtered through decalite and the filtrate is concentrated to give a residue that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: hexane:acetone, 1:1, v/v) to afford 3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carbaldehyde as a yellow solid (85 mg, 34% yield).
  • 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (345 mg, 3.07 mmol, 0.25 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred suspension of 3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carbaldehyde (2.5 g, 12.3 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acrylonitrile (25 mL) and the resulting mixture is heated under reflux for 60 hours. The reaction mixture is then cooled to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 100 mL) and a 1N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (50 mL).
  • Triethylamine (13 ⁇ L, 0.09 mmol, 1.2 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 6-methoxy-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid (20 mg, 0.08 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (1 mL), followed by a solution of diphenylphosphoryl azide (23 mg, 0.08 mmol, 1.0 eq) in toluene (1.5 mL). After 1 h30 stirring at 80° C., 6M hydrochloric acid aqueous solution (0.5 mL) is added and the resulting mixture is heated at 90° C. for 2 hours.
  • reaction mixture is then cooled down to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL) and saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution (10 mL).
  • ethyl acetate 3 ⁇ 10 mL
  • saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution 10 mL
  • the combined organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a residue that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: ethyl acetate) to afford 6-methoxy-4H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-one as a yellow semisolid (5 mg, 28% yield).
  • reaction mixture is then cooled down to room temperature before the addition of a solution of sodium cyanoborohydride (48 mg, 0.76 mmol, 2.0 eq) in methanol (1 mL). After 15 hours stirring at room temperature, solvents are evaporated and to give a residue that is purified by preparative HPLC to afford [1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-yl)-piperidin-4-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester as a light yellow solid (10 mg, 6% yield).
  • Trifluoroacetic acid (1.23 mL, 15.78 mmol, 15.0 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred solution of [1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-yl)-piperidin-4-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (500 mg, 1.05 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (50 mL). After 15 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is extracted with dichloromethane (3 ⁇ 30 mL) and water (30 mL) and the pH is adjusted to 12 by the addition of a 1N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution.
  • Trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride (3.35 mL, 19.94 mmol, 1.5 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (3.1 g, 13.29 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (30 mL), followed by triethylamine (5.6 mL, 39.88 mmol, 3.0 eq).
  • 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (1.04 g, 9.26 mmol) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of (3-mercapto-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-yl)-methanol and its corresponding dimer (2.02 g) in acrylic acid ethyl ester (21.7 mL, 203.72 mmol).
  • the reaction mixture is heated under reflux for 2 hours, cooled down to room temperature and concentrated to afford 4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester as a dark brown solid (1.47 g, 99.5% yield).
  • Methanesulfonyl chloride (745 ⁇ L, 9.63 mmol, 3.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (1.02 g, 3.21 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (10 mL), followed by triethylamine (2.23 mL, 16.05 mmol, 5.0 eq) and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine (392 mg, 3.21 mmol, 1.0 eq).
  • Lithium hydroxide monohydrate (731 mg, 17.42 mmol, 15.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 6-methoxy-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (350 mg, 1.16 mmol, 1.0 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and water (5 mL).
  • Triethylamine (255 ⁇ L, 1.85 mmol, 5.0 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred solution of 6-methoxy-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid (100 mg, 0.37 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetone (5 mL), followed by ethyl chloroformate (79 mg, 0.74 mmol, 2.0 eq). After 1 hour stirring at 0° C., a solution of sodium azide (50 mg, 0.74 mmol, 2.0 eq) in water (0.5 mL) is added and the resulting mixture is stirred at 0-5° C. for 1 hour.
  • reaction mixture is then extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL).
  • organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a residue that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: petroleum ether:ethyl acetate, 5:1, v/v) to afford the azide intermediate that is dissolved in toluene (2 mL) and the resulting solution is heated under reflux for 3 hours.
  • a 10% sulfuric acid aqueous solution (1 mL) is added and the resulting mixture is heated under reflux for 3 additional hours, cooled down to room temperature and the pH is adjusted to 7-8 with a saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a light brown solid (211 mg, 88% yield) following Scheme 1 and in analogy to Example 1 using [1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-yl)-piperidin-4-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (318 mg, 0.69 mmol, 1.0 eq) as starting material.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a light yellow solid (21 mg, 28% yield) following Scheme 1 and in analogy to Example 2 using 1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-thia-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-yl)-piperidin-4-ylamine (50 mg, 0.14 mmol, 1.0 eq) and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazine-6-carbaldehyde (27 mg, 0.14 mmol, 1.0 eq) as starting materials.
  • Diethyl azodicarboxylate (250 ⁇ L, 1.87 mmol, 6.43 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-[3-hydroxy-2-(4-nitro-pyrazol-1-yl)-propyl]-6-methoxy-quinolin-3-ol (100 mg, 0.29 mmol, 1.0 eq) and triphenylphosphine (122 mg, 0.46 mmol, 1.6 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (38 mL). After 3 hours stirring at room temperature, solvent is evaporated and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 20 mL) and water (20 mL).
  • Ammonium chloride (4.0 g, 73.54 mmol, 6.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred suspension of 6-methoxy-3-(4-nitro-pyrazol-1-yl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene (4.0 g, 12.26 mmol, 1.0 eq) and iron powder (8.22 g, 147.10 mmol, 12.0 eq) in ethanol (600 mL). The resulting mixture is heated under reflux for 2 hours, then filtered through decalite, solvent is removed and the crude is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 200 mL) and water (200 mL).
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white solid (95 mg, 58% yield) following Scheme 3 and in analogy to Example 1 using 1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-ylamine (100 mg, 0.34 mmol, 1.0 eq) and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid (85 mg, 0.40 mmol, 1.2 eq) as starting materials.
  • 3-Hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (12.0 g, 51.45 mmol, 1.0 eq) is dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid (82 mL, 1.54 mol, 30.0 eq). The solution is cooled to 0-10° C. and fluorine gas is bubbled into the reaction for 12 hours (100 mL/min). The reaction mixture is then poured into a mixture of sodium carbonate (163 g, 1.54 mol, 30.0 eq) and ice. The resulting mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 60 mL).
  • 3-Acetoxy-5-fluoro-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (355 mg, 1.21 mmol, 1.0 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred suspension of lithium aluminium hydride (138 mg, 3.63 mmol, 3.0 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL). After 2 hours stirring at 0° C., brine is used to quench the reaction and the resulting mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL).
  • Manganese dioxide (299 mg, 4.3 mmol, 10.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 5-fluoro-4-hydroxymethyl-6-methoxy-quinolin-3-ol (120 mg, 0.43 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetone (12 mL) and the resulting mixture is stirred at 35° C. for 17 hours.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a light brown solid following Scheme 1 and in analogy to Example 1 using 5-fluoro-3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinoline-4-carbaldehyde, piperidin-4-yl carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Acetic anhydride (5.3 mL, 56.2 mmol, 10.1 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of [trans-4-(2,4-dihydro-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (2.5 g, 5.55 mmol, 1.0 eq) in pyridine (50 mL) and the resulting mixture is stirred at 50° C. for 14 hours.
  • Diisopropylazodicarboxylate (0.76 g, 3.80 mmol, 1.7 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of ⁇ trans-4-[2-hydroxy-1-(3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-quinolin-4-ylmethyl)-ethyl]-cyclohexyl ⁇ -carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (1.08 g, 2.26 mmol, 1.0 eq) and triphenylphosphine (1.90 g, 7.53 mmol, 3.33 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (120 mL).
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 1 using [trans-4-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Potassium carbonate (2.50 g, 18.07 mmol, 2.1 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of thiophene-2-thiol (813 ⁇ L, 8.61 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 1,2-dibromoethane (10 mL) and the resulting mixture is stirred at 78° C. for 3 hours. Then potassium carbonate is removed by filtration and the mother liquid is concentrated to give a crude that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: cyclohexane 100%) to afford 2-(2-bromo-ethylsulfanyl)-thiophene as a light yellow oil (1.86 g, 95% yield).
  • 2-(2-Bromo-ethylsulfanyl)-thiophene (317 mg, 0.13 mmol, 1.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 1-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-ylamine (50 mg, 0.13 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetonitrile (6 mL), followed by triethylamine (19 ⁇ L, 0.13 mmol, 1.0 eq).
  • Phosphorus tribromide 140 mg, 0.53 mmol, 1.3 eq is added at 0° C. to a stirred suspension of 3-bromo-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-4-ol (100 mg, 0.39 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (1 mL). After 2 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is poured into saturated sodium carbonate aqueous solution (50 mL). The resulting suspension is filtered and the cake is washed with water and methanol to afford 7,8-dibromo-2-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine as a white solid (100 mg, 80% yield).
  • Benzylamine (67 mg, 0.63 mmol, 2.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 7,8-dibromo-2-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine (100 mg, 0.31 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL), followed by potassium carbonate (87 mg, 0.63 mmol, 2.0 eq). After 2 hours stirring at 120° C., solvent is removed and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL) and water (10 mL).
  • Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (10 mg, 0.011 mmol, 0.04 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of benzyl-(3-bromo-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-4-yl)-amine (100 mg, 0.29 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dioxane (6 mL) and water (3 mL), followed by (4′,6′-diisopropyl-3,4,5,6,2′-pentamethyl-biphenyl-2-yl)-dimethyl-phosphane (8 mg, 0.016 mmol, 0.06 eq).
  • Aluminium chloride (55 mg, 0.42 mmol, 0.1 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred solution of 6-(acetyl-pyridin-3-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (1.0 g, 4.23 mmol, 1.0 eq) in tetrahydroduran (50 mL). After 30 minutes stirring at 0° C., bromine (406 mg, 2.54 mmol, 0.7 eq) is added dropwise at 0° C. over 2.5 hours. After 2.5 hours stirring at 0° C. the reaction mixture is quenched with a saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution.
  • Tetrahydrofuran is then removed and the aqueous layer is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 30 mL). The combined organic layers are washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give the crude product that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: petroleum ether:ethyl acetate, 100:1 to 20:1, v/v) to afford [6-(2-bromo-acetyl)-pyridin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester as a light yellow solid (235 mg, 14% yield).
  • Potassium carbonate (140 mg, 1.02 mmol, 1.5 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of [6-(2-bromo-acetyl)-pyridin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (220 mg, 0.70 mmol, 1.0 eq) and 4-amino-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-ol (130 mg, 0.69 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL). After 30 minutes stirring at room temperature, solvent is removed and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 15 mL) and water (10 mL).
  • Acetic acid (110 mg, 1.83 mmol, 1.7 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of ⁇ 6-[2-(4-amino-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-yloxy)-acetyl]-pyridin-3-yl ⁇ -carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (470 mg, 1.10 mmol 1.0 eq) in methanol (20 mL) and the resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour before the addition of sodium cyanoborohydride (370 mg, 5.89 mmol, 5.3 eq).
  • Methyl iodide (10.5 ⁇ L, 0.17 mmol, 1.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of [6-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-pyridin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (70 mg, 0.17 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (4 mL), followed by cesium carbonate (55 mg, 0.17 mmol, 1.0 eq). After 4 hours stirring at room temperature, solvent is evaporated and the residue is extracted with dichloromethane (3 ⁇ 10 mL) and water (10 mL).
  • the titled compound is prepared as a light yellow lyophilizated powder following Scheme 5 and in analogy to Example 1 using [6-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-pyridin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid acid as starting materials.
  • N,O-dimethyl-hydroxylamine hydrochloride (10 mg, 0.10 mmol, 1.2 equivalent) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of trans-4-benzyloxycarbonylamino-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid (23 mg, 0.08 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (5 mL), followed by O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (63 mg, 0.16 mmol, 2.0 eq) and sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 mg, 0.18 mmol, 2.2 eq).
  • Methylmagnesium chloride (3M solution in tetrahydrofuran, 31 mg, 0.41 mmol, 2.2 eq) is added at ⁇ 10° C. to a stirred solution of [trans-4-(methoxy-methyl-carbamoyl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid benzyl ester (60 mg, 0.19 mmol, 1.0 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL). After 3 hours stirring at ⁇ 10° C., solvent is evaporated and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL) and a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution (10 mL).
  • Potassium carbonate (246 mg, 1.78 mmol, 2.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-amino-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-ol (170 mg, 0.89 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL), followed by [trans-4-(2-bromo-acetyl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid benzyl ester (315 mg, 0.89 mmol, 1.0 eq).
  • Acetic acid (10 ⁇ L, 0.17 mmol, 5.4 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of [trans-4-(3-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid benzyl ester (15 mg, 0.03 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (3 mL) and methanol (3 mL), followed by sodium cyanoborohydride (10 mg, 0.16 mmol, 5.0 eq).
  • the titled compound is prepared as an off-white solid following Scheme 5 and in analogy to Example 27 using trans-4-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexylamine and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Manganese dioxide (530 mg, 6.05 mmol, 5.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-hydroxymethyl-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-ol (250 mg, 1.21 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetonitrile (10 mL) and the resulting mixture is stirred at 35° C. for 1 hour.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 15 using 4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-4-carbaldehyde, [4-(2-oxo-ethyl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 15 using [trans-4-(4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 15 using [trans-4-(4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Benzyl alcohol (5.78 g, 53.43 mmol, 2.5 eq) is added at ⁇ 45° C. to a stirred solution of 4-chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid (5.1 g, 21.37 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (100 mL), followed by sodium hydride (2.46 g, 53.43 mmol, 2.5 eq). After 2 hours stirring at ⁇ 40° C. and 24 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is quenched with ice water, the pH is adjusted to 3-4 by the addition of a 2N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution.
  • Diphenylphosphoryl azide (25.0 mL, 116.0 mmol, 1.5 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 4-benzyloxy-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid (24.0 g, 77.34 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (300 mL), followed by tert-butanol (8.5 mL, 89.71 mmol, 1.16 eq) and triethylamine (104.5 mL, 773.4 mmol, 10.0 eq). After 30 minutes stirring at 70° C.
  • reaction mixture is cooled down to room temperature, solvent is removed and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 200 mL) and a saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution (200 mL).
  • ethyl acetate 3 ⁇ 200 mL
  • a saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution 200 mL
  • the combined organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude (4-benzyloxy-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester that is directly engaged in the next step.
  • Trifluoroacetic acid (10.0 mL, 131.2 mmol, 20.0 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred solution of (4-benzyloxy-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (2.50 g, 6.55 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (50 mL). After 20 hours stirring at 0° C., the reaction mixture is extracted with dichloromethane (3 ⁇ 200 mL) and water (200 mL) and the pH is adjusted to 12 by the addition of a 1N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution.
  • Trifluoroacetic acid (44.6 mL, 583.0 mmol, 30.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of (trans-4-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-cyclohexyl)-acetic acid (5.0 g, 19.4 mmol, 1.0 eq) in dichloromethane (50 mL). After 3 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is concentrated, the resulting residue is dissolved in pyridine (150 mL) and phthalic anhydride (5.0 g, 33.0 mmol, 1.7 eq) is added at room temperature. The reaction mixture is heated to reflux for 4 hours, pyridine is then removed and acetic anhydride (40 mL) is added.
  • Triethylamine (2.0 mL, 14.38 mmol, 5.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of [trans-4-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-cyclohexyl]-acetic acid (1.22 g, 3.17 mmol, 1.1 eq) and 3-amino-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-4-ol (550 mg, 2.88 mmol, 1.0 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (80 mL). After 14 hours stirring at room temperature, solvent is removed to give a residue that is directly engaged in the next step (670 mg, 71% yield).
  • Potassium carbonate (2.49 g, 18.03 mmol, 3.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 2-bromo-[trans-4-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-cyclohexyl]-N-(4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-3-yl)-acetamide (3.24 g, 6.01 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (30 mL).
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 7 and in analogy to Example 1 using trans-4-(6-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-4-oxa-1,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexylamine and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 15 using 3-(trans-4-amino-cyclohexyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-6-ol and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the titled compound is prepared as an off-white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 7 and in analogy to Example 47 using trans-4-(6-methoxy-1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-4-oxa-1,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexylamine and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 6 and in analogy to Example 15 using 3-hydroxy-quinoline-4-carbaldehyde, [trans-4-(2-oxo-ethyl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Phthalic anhydride (200 mg, 1.34 mmol, 2.53 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of trans-4-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexylamine (200 mg, 0.53 mmol, 1.0 eq) in pyridine (4 mL).
  • pyridine 4 mL
  • the reaction mixture is heated to reflux for 3 hours, pyridine is then removed and acetic anhydride (1 mL) is added.
  • the resulting mixture is heated to reflux for 2 hours, then extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 10 mL) and water (5 mL).
  • the titled compound is prepared as an orange semisolid following Scheme 5 and in analogy to Example 27 using trans-4-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-4,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexylamine and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • Ethyl iodide (6 ⁇ L, 0.07 mmol, 1.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid [trans-4-(6-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-amide (40 mg, 0.07 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (4 mL), followed by sodium hydride (55% purity, 3.2 mg, 0.07 mmol, 1.0 eq).
  • Triethylamine (110 ⁇ L, 0.77 mmol, 2.0 eq) is added at 0° C. to a stirred solution of 6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid (100 mg, 0.39 mmol, 1.0 eq) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL), followed by ethyl chloroformate (73 ⁇ L, 0.77 mmol, 2.0 eq). After 1 hour stirring at 0° C., a solution of diazomethane in diethyl ether (20 mL, freshly prepared) is added at 0° C. to the reaction mixture.
  • the titled compound is prepared as a white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 1 and in analogy to Example 1 using 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid and 4-(6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-oxa-9-aza-phenanthren-3-yl)-thiazol-2-ylamine as starting materials.
  • 3-Chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-4-carbonitrile (5.0 g, 22.8 mmol, 1.0 eq) is suspended in a 10% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (125 mL) and the resulting mixture is heated to reflux for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture is then extracted with ethyl acetate (3 ⁇ 100 mL) and the pH is adjusted to 3-4 by the addition of a 3N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution.
  • Acetic anhydride (9.95 g, 97.5 mmol, 10.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of ⁇ trans-4-[2-(3-chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-4-yl)-1-formyl-2-hydroxy-ethyl]-cyclohexyl ⁇ -carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (4.5 g, 9.7 mmol, 1.0 eq) in anhydrous pyridine (100 mL).
  • Benzylamine 360 mg, 3.36 mmol, 3.0 eq is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of ⁇ trans-4-[2-(3-chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridin-4-yl)-1-formyl-vinyl]-cyclohexyl ⁇ -carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (500 mg, 1.12 mmol, 1.0 eq) in ethanol (20 mL), followed by acetic acid (337 mg, 5.61 mmol, 5.0 eq) and sodium cyanoborohydride (352 mg, 5.61 mmol, 5.0 eq).
  • the titled compound is prepared as an off-white lyophilizated powder following Scheme 8 and in analogy to Example 1 using [trans-4-(6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,5,9-triaza-phenanthren-3-yl)-cyclohexyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester and 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]thiazine-6-carboxylic acid as starting materials.
  • the antibacterial activity of compounds is determined by the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) method.
  • MICs for all bacteria except pneumococci and Haemophilus influenzae are obtained by broth microdilution with cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton broth (CAMHB; BBL), according to CLSI guidelines (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. 2003. Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically, 5 th ed.; a approved standard M7-A6.
  • Microtiter plates are incubated at 35° C. in ambient air for 20 to 24 h, then inspected using an illuminated microtiter plate reader fitted with a magnifying mirror (MIC 2000; Cooke Laboratory Products, Alexandria, Va.).
  • Compounds of the present invention are tested against several bacteria strains comprising some Acinetobacter baumannii, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes; Enterobacter aerogenes; Enterobacter cloacae and Streptococcus pneumoniae .
  • All exemplified compounds have a MIC values for Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213, Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC14990 and Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC49619 lower or equal to 8 mg/L except examples 25 and 56 for Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC14990 and examples 20, 49, 51, 56, 58, 60, 66 and 76 for Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC4961.
  • Examples 1-6, 11, 17, 18, 27, 28, 35, 36, 39, 45, 46, 54 and 64 showed an MIC value of 8 mg/L or lower for Escherichia coli ATCC2592.

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